Nice weather for ducks

Hobart's rainfall this year has more than doubled last year's, after a deluge over the weekend.

So far this year the city has had nearly 800 millimetres of rain, compared with 368 millimetres in the twelve months to December last year.

47 millimetres of rain has fallen over Hobart since Saturday morning while 148 millimetres was recorded on Mount Wellington.

Duty forecaster Anna Forrest says the wet weather also hit other parts of the state.

"Eaglehawk Neck had 115 millimetres and Gray had 55 millimetres up until nine o'clock, Maria Island had 76 millimetres in the same time period, Swansea had 97, those were probably the standouts," she said.

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